GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's basketball team earned its first Presidents' Athletic Conference win of the 2022-23 season Wednesday night by pulling out an 83-78 victory over visiting Franciscan in the Grove City College Arena.
Three Grove City players scored in double figures, led by freshman guard
Daniel Penosky (Fort Mill, S.C./Legion) with 16 points. Penosky went 4 for 7 from behind the three-point line as part of his season-high scoring effort.
Sophomore guard
Jonah Bock (Erie, Pa./McDowell) also went 4 for 7 on three-pointers and finished with 14 points. Sophomore guard
Chase Yarberough (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) added a dozen points.
Grove City finished the game 11 of 20 (55 percent) on three-pointers. Overall, the Wolverines went 32 of 74 (43 percent) for the night on field goals.
The Wolverines led 38-28 at halftime and quickly pushed the lead to 12 on a tip-in by senior center
Josh Bryan (Salem, Va./Salem). The Wolverines held a 45-35 lead three minutes into the second half when Franciscan surged ahead with an 18-4 run.
Franciscan led 57-53 midway through the second half but sophomore forward
Ben Cano (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) scored a putback and Bock followed with back-to-back three-pointers.
Grove City took the lead for good, 63-61, when Bryan scored off an offensive rebound. Penosky hit a jumper and freshman guard
Mike Christenson (Oakton, Va./Trinity) added a driving layup.
Grove City outrebounded the Barons, 55-36. Bryan had eight rebounds while Yarberough collected seven caroms. Bock, Cano and junior forward
Jon Weir (Venetia, Pa./Quaker Valley) each had five rebounds.
Yarberough also had six assists and a pair of blocks for Grove City. Christenson and Bryan both had three assists. Sophomore forward
John Ward (Charlotte, N.C./Covenant Day) and sophomore center
Russ Gump (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) each blocked two shots.
Travis Lien led Franciscan with 30 points. The Barons shot 31 of 71 (44 percent) from the field. Franciscan had seven turnovers while Grove City turned over the ball 18 times.
Grove City returns to action Saturday with a 3:30 p.m. conference clash at Westminster.
